CN101796838A - Network status icon in navigable toolbar - Google Patents

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CN101796838A
CN101796838A CN200880105763A CN200880105763A CN101796838A CN 101796838 A CN101796838 A CN 101796838A CN 200880105763 A CN200880105763 A CN 200880105763A CN 200880105763 A CN200880105763 A CN 200880105763A CN 101796838 A CN101796838 A CN 101796838A
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托马斯·帕特里克·道森
塞思·希尔
西川裕子
罗尔夫·托伏特
乔治·威廉斯
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N21/00—Selective content distribution, e.g. interactive television or video on demand [VOD]
    • H04N21/40—Client devices specifically adapted for the reception of or interaction with content, e.g. set-top-box [STB]; Operations thereof
    • H04N21/47—End-user applications
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N21/00—Selective content distribution, e.g. interactive television or video on demand [VOD]
    • H04N21/40—Client devices specifically adapted for the reception of or interaction with content, e.g. set-top-box [STB]; Operations thereof
    • H04N21/43—Processing of content or additional data, e.g. demultiplexing additional data from a digital video stream; Elementary client operations, e.g. monitoring of home network or synchronising decoder's clock; Client middleware
    • H04N21/431—Generation of visual interfaces for content selection or interaction; Content or additional data rendering
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N21/00—Selective content distribution, e.g. interactive television or video on demand [VOD]
    • H04N21/40—Client devices specifically adapted for the reception of or interaction with content, e.g. set-top-box [STB]; Operations thereof
    • H04N21/47—End-user applications
    • H04N21/478—Supplemental services, e.g. displaying phone caller identification, shopping application
    • H04N21/4782—Web browsing, e.g. WebTV
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N21/00—Selective content distribution, e.g. interactive television or video on demand [VOD]
    • H04N21/40—Client devices specifically adapted for the reception of or interaction with content, e.g. set-top-box [STB]; Operations thereof
    • H04N21/47—End-user applications
    • H04N21/485—End-user interface for client configuration
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N21/00—Selective content distribution, e.g. interactive television or video on demand [VOD]
    • H04N21/60—Network structure or processes for video distribution between server and client or between remote clients; Control signalling between clients, server and network components; Transmission of management data between server and client, e.g. sending from server to client commands for recording incoming content stream; Communication details between server and client 
    • H04N21/61—Network physical structure; Signal processing
    • H04N21/6156—Network physical structure; Signal processing specially adapted to the upstream path of the transmission network
    • H04N21/6175—Network physical structure; Signal processing specially adapted to the upstream path of the transmission network involving transmission via Internet

Abstract

A navigable graphic user interface (GUI) (40) is presented on a TV screen ( 18) and can be navigated by a user manipulating a remote control to select audio-video content for display on the TV (12). A network status icon (46) is provided on the navigable GUT (40) to indicate whether the Internet can be accessed from the TV (12) to obtain audio-video content.

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Network status icon in the navigable toolbar
Technical field
The present invention is broadly directed to the network status icon in the navigable toolbar, and it is used in particular for network tv.
Background technology
TV manufacturer may be desirable to provide (for example has TVs with built-in interactive devices, personal video recorder (PVR), Disc player (such as Blu-ray Disc player) and digital video disk (DVD) player etc.) TV so that client only needs to buy the TV that has interactive device in single seamless system expediently.Recognize as this assignee, more expect to provide a kind of interactive device of modular form for TV, make can access new and during through the interactive device of upgrading, can be by old module being replaced with the new module TV system that upgrades, and do not need to buy brand-new TV system.
Intention makes television set and the Internet converged, the system that has wherein produced make the beholder can use single TV framework to come from traditional TV source and internet access content easily continuously.In this way, use the quantity of the program that the user of similar TV tech can obtain greatly to enlarge.
Summary of the invention
As understood here, can use internet module according to the above discussion to solve this fusion.Because although some products may possess the ability of coming remote upgrade by software upgrading, television set may not have this function, so this mode is favourable.In addition; only come upgrading products to have shortcoming by software or new interface; for example, can not adapt to for the industrial standard of copy protection and do not have restriction intrinsic (innate) mechanism for the visit of interface, this mechanism is used for also preventing that untested equipment is connected to this interface.Therefore, as recognizing here, the owner that expectation provides a kind of TV of making is increased to means among the TV with the function of omitting, and provides simultaneously and carries out this interface operable, and this interface has the mechanism that is used to guarantee to have only the device through checking to connect.
The present invention understands that also solution may need graphic user interface (GUI) completely, this graphic user interface is gone up and the desired various selections of making about what being presented at TV in conjunction with the user, and wherein the user selects with the easy use of setting up on the existing GUI experience in the past the user and the mode of instinct.
Therefore, a kind of method is included in the graphic user interface that can navigate (GUI) is provided on the TV screen.GUI can handle remote controller by the user and select to be presented at the audio-video content on the TV and navigate.Network status icon is arranged on the GUI that can navigate, and whether can visit worldwide computer network from TV with expression and obtain audio-video content.
If desired, can be close to the icon relevant and come display text message with network state.In non-limiting example, the following content of information representation: whether attempt being connected with network; And/or check just on the internet and upgrade; And/or carrying out with network on the authentication of resource; And/or obtaining service from the Internet; And/or the service of being obtained is fetched so that it is presented on the TV from the Internet.
Preferably, icon dynamically upgrades according to network state under the interactive state of user not having.Therefore, icon can not have first outward appearance when having network service to exist, and has second outward appearance when network service exists.In certain embodiments, first outward appearance only when the network cable inserts TV or its internet module as seen, and icon does not show when cable is extracted fully.
In yet another aspect, the tangible digital storage media that a kind of computer processor is readable, it is used for: user interface is presented at the TV screen, and allows the user to select project on the interface by remote controller.The Internet Status icons only just is presented on the interface when detecting Internet connection.Whether icon representation can come to obtain audio-video content from the Internet by TV.
In yet another aspect, TV can be connected with the hardware net module, and can use high-definition media interface (HDMI) to come and module communication, and content is offered TV from the Internet.But processor makes navigation menu be presented on the TV, and this menu comprise show module whether just with the icon of internet communication.
Can be by optimally to understand details of the present invention (its structure and operation) with reference to accompanying drawing, wherein identical Reference numeral is represented identical parts, and wherein:
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Fig. 1 is the schematic diagram according to the non-limiting system of present principles; And
Fig. 2 shows the GUI according to present principles that may be displayed on the screen, and it shows network status icon.
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At first with reference to Fig. 1, show main by 10 systems that represent, it comprises the TV 12 with TV processor 14 and tangible digital storage media 16, digital storage media 16 can but be not limited to be disk or CD drive, solid-state device (such as, random access memory or read-only memory or flash memory), removable excellent medium or removable floppy disk etc.As shown in the figure, medium 16 and processor 14 can be stored in the TV housing together with display 18 (such as but not limited to high definition (HD) matrix display or SD cathode-ray tube display), perhaps, processor 14 and/or medium 16 can be in the outsides of TV housing, that is, in set-top box or in module discussed below.
TV 12 generally includes wireless receiver, such as but not limited to the IR receiver 20 that is used for receiving from the wireless signal of the hand-held remote controller 22 with wireless launcher (such as but not limited to having IR reflector 24).Processor 26 in the remote controller 22 can receive from can wherein making transmitter 24 that wireless signal (comprising the cursor control signal that the cursor on the display 18 is moved) is sent to TV 12 by the keyboard array 28 of user's operation by the input of the keyboard array 28 of user operation according to principle well known in the art.
In the non-limiting example shown in Figure 1, can use the hardware module 32 that can have module handler 34 to offer TV 12, so that it is presented on the display 18 from the audio-video content of worldwide computer network (such as the Internet 30).Module 32 can use communication interface 36 (such as high-definition media interface (HDMI)) to communicate by letter with TV 12, so that content is offered TV from the Internet.Module 32 can set up under the state of communicating by letter with the corresponding connector on the TV by module, and entity ground is connected with the housing of TV 12, and perhaps, module 32 can be connected to TV 12 by cable.Under any circumstance, though module 32 for example selectively can use Wi-Fi come with internet wireless communicate by letter, the computer cables that module 32 can extend to internet socket usually by the housing from module 32 is connected to the Internet.
As previously mentioned, can come the one or more content servers 38 from the Internet 30 that audio-video content is provided via module 32, so that it is presented on the TV display 18.
Fig. 2 shows the non-limiting example of graphic user interface (GUI) 40, and wherein graphic user interface (GUI) 40 can produce in module 32 and/or TV 12 and be presented on the TV display 18.Be referred to as " cross media bar " or " XMB " embodiment colloquial style shown in Fig. 2.As shown, a plurality of icons 42 are shown as neat horizontal tabulate, and if desired, are close at least some icons 42 and show relevant alphanumeric applying label.Icon 42 can be the classification icon, and this classification icon for example shows " setting ", " the Internet " (being " my video "), " TV ", " recreation " etc. perhaps of equal valuely.When screen cursor is positioned on the icon 42, vertically bar 44 be depicted as expression for special icon 42, obtain the sub-menu option that focuses on thereon because screen cursor is located.The user can be by remote controller 22 option on GUI 40.
As shown in Figure 2, when selecting " the Internet " on XMB, network status icon 46 may be displayed on the vertical bar 44.Equally, next-door neighbour's network status icon 46 can show the word message relevant with network state 48.In non-limiting enforcement, word message 48 can represent whether attempting being connected with network as shown, and can comprise the report that task can the consumable time.Message 48 just also can show to be checked on network and upgrades, carrying out with the authentication of network, fetches from network from the network service of obtaining and the service of being obtained.
According to present principles, Status icons 46 dynamically upgrades according to network state under the interactive state of user not having.For example, when not having network service to exist, icon 46 can be redness, otherwise when communicating by letter with 38 foundation of a server, icon 46 can present green.Can use other cosmetic variation.But for example when the network cable that module 32 is connected to internet socket did not insert, Status icons 46 also can not be presented on the display 18.Therefore, in above-mentioned non-limiting example, Status icons 46 only occurs when module 32 is connected to the Internet, and will present redness before setting up good authentication communication with server 38, and when setting up good authentication communication with server 38, icon 46 transfers green to.
Though illustrate and describe in detail specific " network status icon in the navigable toolbar " here, should be appreciated that the theme that the present invention comprises is only limited by claim.

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1. method comprises:
The graphic user interface (GUI) (40) that can navigate is provided on TV screen (18), selects to be presented at audio-video content on the described TV (12) by user's remote controller (22), described GUI (40) can navigate; And
Network status icon (46) is provided on the described GUI that navigates (40), and whether described network status icon (46) expression can obtain audio-video content from described TV (12) visit worldwide computer network.
2. method according to claim 1 comprises display text message, the contiguous described icon (46) and relevant with network state of described word message.
3. method according to claim 2, wherein, whether described message shows attempts being connected with described network.
4. method according to claim 2, wherein, described message shows just checks renewal on described network.
5. method according to claim 2, wherein, described message shows the authentication of carrying out with described network.
6. method according to claim 2, wherein, described message just shows obtains service from described network.
7. method according to claim 2, wherein, described message just shows fetches the service of being obtained from described network, so that described service of being obtained is presented on the described TV (12).
8. method according to claim 1, wherein, described icon (46) dynamically upgrades according to network state under the interactive state of user not having.
9. method according to claim 1, wherein, described icon (46) has first outward appearance when network service does not exist, and has second outward appearance when network service exists.
10. method according to claim 9, wherein, described first outward appearance only when the network cable inserts described TV (12) or inserts in the internet module of described TV (12) as seen, described icon (46) does not show when described cable is extracted fully.
11. the tangible digital storage media (16) that a computer processor (14) is readable, it is used for:
User interface (40) is presented on the TV screen (18);
Allow the user to select project on the described interface (40) by remote controller (22); And
Only when detecting Internet connection the Internet Status icons (46) is presented on the described interface, described icon (46) shows whether can come from described internet access audio-video content by described TV (12).
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